We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like.
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Alfred Hitchcock
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About Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology A…
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A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on.
In feature films the director is God in documentary films God is the director.
Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
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Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.
Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.
Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.
I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm.
Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.